Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 朋

Modern (Beijing) reading: péng

Preclassic Old Chinese: bhǝ̄ŋ

Classic Old Chinese: bhǝ̄ŋ

Western Han Chinese: bhǝ̄ŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: bhǝ̄ŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: bhǝ̄ŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: bhǝ̄ŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: bhǝ̄ŋ

Middle Chinese: bʌŋ

English meaning : a string of cowries, a pair; associate, peer, friend

Russian meaning[s]: 1) друг, приятель, товарищ; содружество; 2) клика; составлять клику из своих людей; сообща; 3) равный; поровну; по плечу; 4) связка раковин (монет)

Comments: For *bh- cf. Chaozhou pheŋ², Yilan phiǝŋ², Longdu phāŋ⁶. Cf. PAN *tabaŋ 'help, assist'.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 74

Four-angle index: 3490

Karlgren code: 0886 a-e

Dali Bai: phou2-

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